SMD code search: identify a part by its marking
3 parts are printed BOL. 103 printed with a similar-looking code.
3 parts are printed BOL
Not sure which one you have?
Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 3 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.
AME8570AEIUCF31LSOT-343Voltage supervisor, 4 pins, AMEVoltage supervisorSOT-3434 pinsAME
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- AME
- Package
- SOT-343
- Pins
- 4
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 3.08V±1.5%, +Reset PPO, -MR, Lead free
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
AME8570AEIUCF31ZSOT-343Voltage supervisor, 4 pins, AMEVoltage supervisorSOT-3434 pinsAME
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- AME
- Package
- SOT-343
- Pins
- 4
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 3.08V±1.5%, +Reset PPO, -MR
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
TC1302BOLVMFDFNLDO regulator, MicrochipLDO regulatorDFNNot recordedMicrochip
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Microchip
- Package
- DFN
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, Dual out, Vo1/Vo2=1.9V(300mA)/2.2V(150mA)±2.5%, +CE
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
103 more parts are printed with a code easy to misread as BOL
Printed with a code easy to misread
One character differs, and it is one that is easy to confuse under a lamp. The odd one out is marked on each.
BAT54BDWGPprinted BD1SOT-363Schottky diode, 6 pins, ChenmkoSchottky diodeSOT-3636 pinsChenmko
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Chenmko
- Package
- SOT-363
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- SCHOTTKY DIODE ARRAY, 30 V, 0.2 A
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range, part lifted or one leg off the pad. Red probe on the anode.
Working, it reads
About 0.15 to 0.45 V anode to cathode, roughly half a silicon diode, and open the other way.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- A reading the wrong way round as well: leaky.
- Open both ways: failed open.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A large Schottky can read about 0.1 V forward and beep like a short, and leaks a little the wrong way when good, more when warm. It is shorted only if it reads the same both ways. Measure it cold, beside an identical cold one.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
BAT54BDWGP-Aprinted BD1SOT-363Schottky diode, 6 pins, ChenmkoSchottky diodeSOT-3636 pinsChenmko
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Schottky diode
- Maker
- Chenmko
- Package
- SOT-363
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- SCHOTTKY DIODE ARRAY, 30 V, 0.2 A
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range, part lifted or one leg off the pad. Red probe on the anode.
Working, it reads
About 0.15 to 0.45 V anode to cathode, roughly half a silicon diode, and open the other way.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- A reading the wrong way round as well: leaky.
- Open both ways: failed open.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A large Schottky can read about 0.1 V forward and beep like a short, and leaks a little the wrong way when good, more when warm. It is shorted only if it reads the same both ways. Measure it cold, beside an identical cold one.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
BZX84C30Eprinted BD1SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, onsemiZener diodeSOT-233 pinsonsemi
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- onsemi
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Zener Voltage Regulators BZX84CxxxET1G Series, SZBZX84CxxxET1G Series
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- Open both ways, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
ET5H780Lprinted 80LSOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, ETEKLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsETEK
Printed 80L on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- ETEK
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
SMCJ7.0Cprinted BDLSMCTVS diode, 2 pins, DOWOTVS diodeSMC2 pinsDOWO
Printed BDL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- DOWO
- Package
- SMC
- Pins
- 2
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.
Working, it reads
A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.
Dead, it reads
- From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
- A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
- On the board
- , a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
- Compare:
- The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
- Watch for:
- A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
SR05Aprinted BD1SOT-23ESD protection diode, 3 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsESD protection diodeSOT-233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- ESD protection diode
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 5V, 60W, Surface Mount TVS
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.
Working, it reads
A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.
Dead, it reads
- From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
- A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
- On the board
- , a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
- Compare:
- The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
- Watch for:
- A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
TSR05Aprinted BD1SOT-23ESD protection diode, 3 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsESD protection diodeSOT-233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- ESD protection diode
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- 5V, 60W, Surface Mount TVS
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.
Working, it reads
A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.
Dead, it reads
- From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
- A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
- On the board
- , a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
- Compare:
- The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
- Watch for:
- A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
1.5SMCJ7.0Cprinted BDLSMCTVS diode, 2 pins, PanjitTVS diodeSMC2 pinsPanjit
Printed BDL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- Panjit
- Package
- SMC
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- TVS: 7V, 112.8A, 1500W (1ms), Bidirectional
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.
Working, it reads
A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.
Dead, it reads
- From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
- A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
- On the board
- , a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
- Compare:
- The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
- Watch for:
- A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
2N7002ELT1printed 801SOT-23N-channel MOSFET, 3 pins, Willas ElectronicN-channel MOSFETSOT-233 pinsWillas Electronic
Printed 801 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- N-channel MOSFET
- Maker
- Willas Electronic
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- MOSFET n-type: TMOS, 60V, 310mA, 225mW, 1.5(500mA), 7/11ns
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range, part lifted. Test drain to source first, then short gate to source and test again.
Working, it reads
Red probe on the source, black on the drain: about 0.4 to 0.9 V, the body diode. Open the other way. The gate reads open to both other pins, both ways.
Dead, it reads
- Drain to source the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep, and still so after shorting gate to source: shorted. The classic failure.
- The gate reads low to source or drain: gate shorted. Often all three pins end up shorted together.
- No body diode at all: failed open.
- On the board
- the gate usually has a resistor to the source, so gate to source reads that resistor, which is not a fault. A drain short can be the load. Lift a leg to be sure.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- The diode range can charge the gate enough to turn the part on, and then drain to source reads near 0 both ways on a good part. Short gate to source and test again before you condemn it.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
2SB709Aprinted BQ1SOT-23PNP transistor, 3 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsPNP transistorSOT-233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
Printed BQ1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- PNP bipolar transistor
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
Black probe on the base reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.
Dead, it reads
- Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
- The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
- Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
- A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
2SB709A-Qprinted BQ1SOT-233 pins, SecosNot recordedSOT-233 pinsSecos
Printed BQ1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Secos
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Si-pnp: GP, AF, 60V, 600mA, B=160..260, 150MHz
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range and ohms range, part lifted.
Working, it reads
Depends on what it is. The datasheet, or an identical part, says.
Dead, it reads
- Between two pins, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- Open between every pair of pins: failed open, or a part that reads open when working.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
2SB1218Aprinted BQ1SOT-323PNP transistor, 3 pins, Galaxy MicroelectronicsPNP transistorSOT-3233 pinsGalaxy Microelectronics
Printed BQ1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Galaxy Microelectronics
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- PNP bipolar transistor
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
Black probe on the base reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.
Dead, it reads
- Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
- The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
- Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
- A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
AME8570BEETCF31Lprinted BOISOT-23Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, AMEVoltage supervisorSOT-233 pinsAME
Printed BOI on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- AME
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 3.08V±1.5%, +Reset PPO, L-free
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
AME8570BEETCF31Zprinted BOISOT-23Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, AMEVoltage supervisorSOT-233 pinsAME
Printed BOI on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- AME
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 3.08V±1.5%, +Reset PPO
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
BZX84C30ET1printed BD1SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, onsemiZener diodeSOT-233 pinsonsemi
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- onsemi
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Zener diode: 28..32V, Zzt=80, Izt=5mA, 225mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- Open both ways, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
BZX84C30ET1Gprinted BD1SOT-23Zener diode, 3 pins, onsemiZener diodeSOT-233 pinsonsemi
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- onsemi
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Zener diode: 28..32V, Zzt=80, Izt=5mA, 225mW, Pb-free
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- Open both ways, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
CMSZ5224Bprinted 8D1SOT-323Zener diode, 3 pins, Central SemiconductorZener diodeSOT-3233 pinsCentral Semiconductor
Printed 8D1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Zener diode
- Maker
- Central Semiconductor
- Package
- SOT-323
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Z-diode: 2.8V±5%, 20mA, Zzt=30Ω, 275mW
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range for the forward check, part lifted, red probe on the anode. A bench supply for the Zener voltage.
Working, it reads
About 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse on the diode range. Its Zener voltage shows only on a supply: feed it through a resistor that sets about 5 mA, cathode to positive, read quickly, and it should hold near its rated voltage.
Dead, it reads
- The same reading both ways round, near 0 V with a continuous beep or the same middling value: shorted.
- Open both ways, forward too: failed open.
- Holds well off its rated voltage on the supply test: drifted.
- A soft knee, or a voltage that creeps on the supply test: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A meter's diode range stops at about 2 to 3 V, so almost every Zener reads open in reverse on it, good or bad; a 3 V meter may just show a 2.4 or 2.7 V part. Above about 3 V the meter cannot tell a Zener from a plain diode.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
EC76SMCJ7.0Cprinted BDLSMCTVS diode, 2 pins, E-CMOSTVS diodeSMC2 pinsE-CMOS
Printed BDL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- TVS diode
- Maker
- E-CMOS
- Package
- SMC
- Pins
- 2
- Details
- Transient voltage supressor: Vrwm=7V, Vbr=7.78..8.95V, 112.8A, 1500W(1ms), Bidir.
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.
Working, it reads
A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.
Dead, it reads
- From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
- A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
- On the board
- , a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
- Compare:
- The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
- Watch for:
- A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
HAB709AQprinted BQ1SOT-23PNP transistor, 3 pins, Hottech ElectronicsPNP transistorSOT-233 pinsHottech Electronics
Printed BQ1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- PNP transistor
- Maker
- Hottech Electronics
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- PNP transistor: GP, 45V, 100mA, 200mW, 60MHz, B=160..260
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
Black probe on the base reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.
Dead, it reads
- Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
- The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
- Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
- A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
HE61CC1001MRprinted B01SOT-23Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, Heermicr SemicconductorVoltage supervisorSOT-233 pinsHeermicr Semicconductor
Printed B01 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Heermicr Semicconductor
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 1.0V±1%, +Reset PPO
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
HE7010MCM5R1printed B01SOT-23-5Voltage supervisor, 5 pins, Heermicr SemicconductorVoltage supervisorSOT-23-55 pinsHeermicr Semicconductor
Printed B01 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Heermicr Semicconductor
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 1.0V±1%,+Reset PPO
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
HE7010MCNR1printed B01SOT-23Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, Heermicr SemicconductorVoltage supervisorSOT-233 pinsHeermicr Semicconductor
Printed B01 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Heermicr Semicconductor
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 1.0V±1%, +Reset PPO
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
HE7010MCPR1printed B01SOT-89Voltage supervisor, 3 pins, Heermicr SemicconductorVoltage supervisorSOT-893 pinsHeermicr Semicconductor
Printed B01 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- Heermicr Semicconductor
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 1.0V±1%,+Reset PPO
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
INA202printed BQLMSOP-88 pins, Texas InstrumentsNot recordedMSOP-88 pinsTexas Instruments
Printed BQL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- Texas Instruments
- Package
- MSOP-8
- Pins
- 8
- Details
- Current Sensor
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD1701DF2FRprinted 8D1SOT-223IXYSNot recordedSOT-223Not recordedIXYS
Printed 8D1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- SOT-223
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: 15.2V±2%, 150mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD1701DF2JRprinted 8D1DPAK3 pins, IXYSNot recordedDPAK3 pinsIXYS
Printed 8D1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- DPAK
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: 15.2V±2%, 150mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD1701DF2PRprinted 8D1SOT-893 pins, IXYSNot recordedSOT-893 pinsIXYS
Printed 8D1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: 15.2V±2%, 150mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD1701DG9FRprinted 8DLSOT-223IXYSNot recordedSOT-223Not recordedIXYS
Printed 8DL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- SOT-223
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: 16.9V±2%, 150mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD1701DG9JRprinted 8DLDPAK3 pins, IXYSNot recordedDPAK3 pinsIXYS
Printed 8DL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- DPAK
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: 16.9V±2%, 150mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD1701DG9PRprinted 8DLSOT-893 pins, IXYSNot recordedSOT-893 pinsIXYS
Printed 8DL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Not recorded
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- SOT-89
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: 16.9V±2%, 150mA
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD3237F3LCER-Gprinted BDLUSP-6CDC-DC converter, 6 pins, IXYSDC-DC converterUSP-6C6 pinsIXYS
Printed BDL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- USP-6C
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM-PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 3.85V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, HSST, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD3237F3LCMR-Gprinted BDLSOT-23-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, IXYSDC-DC converterSOT-23-55 pinsIXYS
Printed BDL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM-PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 3.85V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, HSST, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD3237F31CER-Gprinted BD1USP-6CDC-DC converter, 6 pins, IXYSDC-DC converterUSP-6C6 pinsIXYS
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- USP-6C
- Pins
- 6
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM-PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 3.1V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, HSST, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD3237F31CMR-Gprinted BD1SOT-23-5DC-DC converter, 5 pins, IXYSDC-DC converterSOT-23-55 pinsIXYS
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM-PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 3.1V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, HSST, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
KTC9014S-Iprinted BDISOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, KECNPN transistorSOT-233 pinsKEC
Printed BDI on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- NPN transistor
- Maker
- KEC
- Package
- SOT-23
- Pins
- 3
- Details
- Si-npn: GP, Sw, 50V, 150mA, 350mW, B=176..246, >60MHz
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.
Working, it reads
Red probe on the base reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.
Dead, it reads
- Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
- The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
- Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
- A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: leaky.
- On the board
- this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
- Compare:
- If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
- Watch for:
- A pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
LN1138D322KRprinted 8D1SOT-353LDO regulator, 5 pins, Shanghai Natlinear ElectronicsLDO regulatorSOT-3535 pinsShanghai Natlinear Electronics
Printed 8D1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Shanghai Natlinear Electronics
- Package
- SOT-353
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.2V±2%, 300mA, -CE
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
LN1138D322MRprinted 8D1SOT-23-5LDO regulator, 5 pins, Shanghai Natlinear ElectronicsLDO regulatorSOT-23-55 pinsShanghai Natlinear Electronics
Printed 8D1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- LDO regulator
- Maker
- Shanghai Natlinear Electronics
- Package
- SOT-23-5
- Pins
- 5
- Details
- Linear voltage regulator IC: LDO, 3.2V±2%, 300mA, -CE
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage, board powered, black probe on ground. Then ohms with the power off.
Working, it reads
Input pin at the supply, output pin at its rated voltage, and the enable pin high if it has one.
Dead, it reads
- Output equal to the input: the pass element has shorted. Everything after it may have taken the full input.
- Input present, enable high, no output: failed open, or holding itself off into a shorted load. Power off and measure output to ground.
- Power off, input to output near 0 Ω: shorted.
- On the board:
- An output at 0 V is often a shorted load with the regulator in current limit. Lift the output pin: if the short stays on the board, the regulator may be fine.
- Compare:
- The same regulator on another rail or another board shows the right voltages and the right resistances.
- Watch for:
- Makers put input, output and ground on different pins in the same package, so take them from this part's datasheet. Diode or ohms readings between its pins say little; check it powered.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
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NUF8001MUprinted 801ESD protection diode, onsemiESD protection diodeNot recordedNot recordedonsemi
Printed 801 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- ESD protection diode
- Maker
- onsemi
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- 8 Channel EMI Filter with Integrated ESD Protection
- Source
- Manufacturer datasheet
Is it dead?
Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.
Working, it reads
A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.
Dead, it reads
- From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
- A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
- A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
- On the board
- , a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
- Compare:
- The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
- Watch for:
- A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
AME8570BEETCF31Yprinted BOIVoltage supervisor, AMEVoltage supervisorNot recordedNot recordedAME
Printed BOI on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- Voltage supervisor
- Maker
- AME
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- Voltage detector IC: 3.08V±1.5%, +Reset PPO
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD3237F3LC0R-Gprinted BDLDC-DC converter, IXYSDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedIXYS
Printed BDL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM-PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 3.85V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, HSST, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD3237F3LC4R-Gprinted BDLDC-DC converter, IXYSDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedIXYS
Printed BDL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM-PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 3.85V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, HSST, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD3237F31C0R-Gprinted BD1DC-DC converter, IXYSDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedIXYS
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM-PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 3.1V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, HSST, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD3237F31C4R-Gprinted BD1DC-DC converter, IXYSDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedIXYS
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- IXYS
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM-PWM/PFM, st-dwn, 3.1V±2%, 600mA, 1.2MHz, Vin>1.8V, HSST, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD9208A0L3DRprinted 80LDC-DC converter, ZilogDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedZilog
Printed 80L on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Zilog
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM st-dwn, 3MHz, 0.85V±2%, 400mA, +CE
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD9208B3L3DRprinted 8DLDC-DC converter, ZilogDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedZilog
Printed 8DL on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Zilog
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM st-dwn, 3MHz, 3.85V±2%, 400mA, +CE, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD9208B313DRprinted 8D1DC-DC converter, ZilogDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedZilog
Printed 8D1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Zilog
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM st-dwn, 3MHz, 3.1V±2%, 400mA, +CE, CL
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
IXD9214B313DRprinted BD1DC-DC converter, ZilogDC-DC converterNot recordedNot recordedZilog
Printed BD1 on the part. Easy to misread as BOL. Check that character with a loupe before you order anything.
- What it is
- DC-DC converter
- Maker
- Zilog
- Package
- Not recorded
- Pins
- Not recorded
- Details
- DC/DC voltage converter IC: PWM/PFM st-dwn, 3.0MHz, 3.1V±2%, 1.5A, +CE
- Source
- Published code list
Is it dead?
Voltage with the board powered; ohms from each pin to ground with it off.
Working, it reads
Supply pin at its voltage and the output doing what the datasheet says. Readings between pins depend on the part.
Dead, it reads
- A pin near 0 Ω to ground or to the supply pin where an identical part does not read that: failed short.
- Supply present, output stuck: failed, or its load has.
- On the board:
- A pin shorted to ground on the board can be anything on that net. Lift the pin to be sure.
- Compare:
- The surest reference is the same IC on a working board, measured pin by pin.
- Watch for:
- Its protection diodes can read like junctions between pins, even like a transistor. That proves nothing either way.
A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.
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One code, several parts
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